sunliquid for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural

BIO Pacific Rim Conference2014

San Diego, CA

December 9, 2014

Cellulosic ethanol: Scale Up to Commercialization with sunliquid® technology

BIO Pacific Rim Conference2014, San Diego, CA, December 9, 20142

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*Results full year 2013

**Before exceptional items, as reported

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Clariant’s Biotech & Renewables sites –Munich & Straubing

Munich

Research & Development Center

Since 2006

93 employees

Lab and office space: 3,300 m²

Pilot plant since 2009

Straubing

sunliquid® demonstration plant

Since 2011

18 employees

Area: 2,500 m²


Clariant’s Biotechnology platform offers holistic solutions for bio-based products and processes

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System

solutions out of

one hand

Catalysts

Bio-technology

Chemistry & Materials

Process Technology


sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol process is undergoing

commercialization

Integrated on-site enzyme production

Fermentation of C6 and C5 sugars into

ethanol

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Feedstock- and process-specific enzymes

Flexible ethanol separation technologies incl.

adsorption

Key features and advantages


With its focus on integration, sunliquid® is designed to achieve optimal efficiency

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Bio-

technology

Process

Design

Enzymatic hydrolysis

High sugar yields through

feedstock and process-specific

cellulase enzymes

Integrated on-site enzyme

production with biomass as

nutrient source

Standard equipment

Low scale-up risk due to

established equipment

Standard protocols for plant and

equipment operations

Integrated

Technology

Solution

Low OPEX through process design and efficient conversion

Reduced CAPEX risk

Flexible feedstock input and product output

Ethanol Fermentation

High ethanol yields with

proprietary high-end yeast

technology

Simultaneous one-pot C5&C6

fermentation

Energy integration

Side products (e.g., Lignin) as

energy sources

Integration with site-specific energy

infrastructure

Thermal pre-treatment

Chemical-free & low-cost pre-

treatment

Conditions optimized jointly with

enzyme production


Clariant’s chemicals-free pretreatment is flexible and reduces OPEX

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Clariant’s low-opex pre-treatment

Chemicals-free mild conditions steam-based

pretreatment

‒ Reduced operation cost, no acid or base

required leading to 45% less overall chemical

costs

‒ Reduced health risk from chemicals handling

Optimized conditions for multiple feedstocks

‒ Wheat Straw1

‒ Corn Stover1

‒ Bagasse1

‒ Long list of other feedstock tested in lab and

pilot plant2

Pre-treated raw material used for screening for

optimized enzymes strains

Hardware technology based on standard equipment

from the Paper & Pulp industry

1 Optimized at Clariant’s demonstration plant in Straubing

2 E.g., Cane Straw, woody biomass (hard and soft), empty fruit bunches, risk husks, rice straw, oat hulls, energy crops, etc.

3 Cost of total chemicals required for process (excl. enzyme production) in case pre-treatment with acid vs. chemical-free pretreatment is used

Sugar cane bagasse

Wheat straw

Chemicals-freeAcid based

-45%

Overall chemicals cost3


Clariant’s enzymes are high-performing and cost-saving

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1 Results were performed on chemical-free pre-treated biomass using standard hydrolysis conditions (identical enzyme concentrations)

2 Commercial enzymes from a leading enzyme provider for cellulytic enzymes (externally produced, purified and formulated for shipment)

Commercial

benchmark2

Lower cost

Higher cost

On-site biomass as

nutrient source

Not required,

whole broth used

for hydrolysis

Produced on-site

Standard enzymes

Expensive synthetic

nutrient source

required

Required for

stabilization

Produced off-site,

Transport required

Chemicals and

energy required

Nutrients

Purification

Formulation

Transport

Clariant’s enzymes show better performance

Clariant’s has established the efficient process of

Selection & Optimization & Screening to

develop and the best strain and activities

Clariant’s integrated on-site enzyme production reduces

cost by cutting out required processing steps and transport

Integration also enables feedstock specificity

Self-sufficiency from external supplier and logistics

Clariant’s enzymes perform better… …and reduce cost through integrated on-site production


The sunliquid® demonstration plant

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Output: 1,000 t/a Ethanol

Location: Straubing, Germany

Operational since July 2012

Feedstock: ~ 4,500 t/a wheat

straw, corn stover or bagasse

Scale-up towards commercial

scale only 50x

Wheat Straw, Corn Stover, and

Sugarcane Bagasse converted

to Ethanol

Commercial-scale design

confirmed

Scale-up experience from pilot

plant and solution finding

sunliquid® demo plant


sunliquid® is being successfully tested as E20 blend

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Since January 2014, sunliquid®20 is being tested in Mercedes’ fleet

Gasoline-Ethanol blend containing 20% cellulosic ethanol from Clariant’s demonstration plant

Joint Press Announcement on September 23

4% reduction in energy content through increased engine efficiency compared to E10 –> high quality fuel

with high octane!

Particle emissions are decreased by 50%

Advanced and sustainable! High GHG emission savings through cellulosic ethanol


The Engineering Process Design Package allows implementation to get underway quickly

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Complete, comprehensive process design allows

implementation to get underway quickly.

sunliquid® Process Design Package

Technological blueprint for

50.000 to 150.000 metric tons of

cellulosic ethanol production

Modular concept makes it easy to take account of

site and project specific boundary conditions.

Use of standard hardware already established in

other industries, significantly reduces risk.


For a 50 kt/a plant, a footprint of

approx. 14-18 acres is required

Process design package completed for commercial plant


Clariant’s offers a comprehensive packages around technology and services

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Integrated process technology

package including all steps along

the ethanol production chain

Starter cultures for proprietary

process-integrated enzyme

production

Starter cultures for the proprietary

fermentation organism which

converts C5 and C6 to ethanol

Proprietary ethanol separation

material for ethanol purification

sunliquid® technology package sunliquid® service package

Testing of customer-specific

feedstock in our demonstration

plant and pilot plant

Training of customer employees

in demonstration plant

Process Design Package to

provide technical specifications

and input for engineering

Support for feedstock logistics

and sourcing


Cellulosic

Ethanol

sunliquid® is the ideal technology platform for highly sustainable bio-based products

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sunliquid® sunliquid®

Catalytic conversionsunliquid®

Sugar platform standalone

Development opportunities for

biobased products

Extensive know-how in

biocatalysis, strain optimization

and heterogenous catalysis

Biotechnology

Catalytic conversion

BiotechnologyBio-based

chemicals

Catalytic

conversionCellulosic

Sugars


Clariant’s sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol links with JV partner Scientific Design’s catalytic MEG technology

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EthanolEthylene

Key facts about Scientific Design

50:50 Joint Venture between Clariant and SABIC

Licenser of Ethylene Oxide/Ethylene Glycol Technology (SD awarded ~80% of non-captive

licenses since 1980 with 30 licenses since 1990)

Licenser of alcohol dehydration technology (SD awarded two ethanol-to-ethylene and six

ethanol to EO/EG licenses since 2006)

Integration study has been completed between sunliquid technology & SD downstream

conversion to bio-MEG (including site retrofit and capital estimates)


sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol undergoing commercialization

2006

Start of the development

(as Süd-Chemie)

Setup of Biotech R&D

Center in Munich

2009

Pilot plant operational

Capacity 1 t/a Ethanol

2012

Demo plant operational

Capacity 1,000 t/a Ethanol

Validation on wheat straw

2013

Validation with corn stover

and sugarcane bagasse in

demo plant

ISCC certification

2014

E20 fuel testing with

Mercedes Benz & Haltermann

2014

Process Design Package for

commercial-scale plant

finalized

Commercialization


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For further information please contact:

Martin A. Mitchell

Global Business Development Manager

Group Biotechnology, Biofuels & Derivatives

Clariant Corporation

309 Court Avenue

Des Moines, Iowa 50309 USA

Phone: +515 699 8518

E-mail: [email protected]

For more information on sunliquid® technology visit www.sunliquid.com

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sunliquid for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural